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! Name                !! Location            !! GH/s<ref name="hashrate2"/>
! Name                !! Location            !! GH/s<ref name="hashrate2"/>
!                                                        Merged Mining<ref name="merged"/>
!                                                        Merged Mining<ref name="merged"/>
!                                                                    Reward Type            !! Transaction fees!!PPS Fee!!Other Fee!! Protocol
!                                                                    Reward Type            !! Transaction fees!!PPS Fee!!Other Fee!! [[getwork|GWork]] !! [[Stratum|Strtm]] !! [[getblocktemplate|GBT]]
! Launched  !! Variance                    !! Forum                                      !! Website
! Launched  !! Variance                    !! Forum                                      !! Website
|-
|-
| [[50BTC]]          || Germany/USA/Russia  ||  8000 || No      || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || kept by pool    ||  3% ||        || [[getwork]], [[stratum]]
| [[50BTC]]          || Germany/USA/Russia  ||  8000 || No      || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || kept by pool    ||  3% ||        || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
| 2011-11-11 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=54673  link] || [http://50btc.com/ link]
| 2011-11-11 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=54673  link] || [http://50btc.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[ABCPool.co]]      || USA                  ||  600 || No      || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || kept by pool    ||  5% ||        || [[getwork]]
| [[ABCPool.co]]      || USA                  ||  600 || No      || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || kept by pool    ||  5% ||        || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| 2011-08-02 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=33586  link] || [http://www.ABCPool.co/ link]
| 2011-08-02 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=33586  link] || [http://www.ABCPool.co/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BitArena]]        || Romania              ||    1 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getblocktemplate]]
| [[BitArena]]        || Romania              ||    1 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% ||         ||        || {{Yes}}
| 2012-09-22 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=112243 link] || [https://www.bitarena.net/ link]
| 2012-09-22 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=112243 link] || [https://www.bitarena.net/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Bitcash.cz]]      || Czech Republic      ||    5 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[Bitcash.cz]]      || Czech Republic      ||    5 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-09-14 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcash.cz/forum/ link]            || [http://bitcash.cz/pool/ link]
| 2012-09-14 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcash.cz/forum/ link]            || [http://bitcash.cz/pool/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BitClockers]]    || USA/Europe          ||  250 || [[NMC]] || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  8% ||        || [[getwork]]
| [[BitClockers]]    || USA/Europe          ||  250 || [[NMC]] || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  8% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-05-27 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=10127  link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ link]
| 2011-05-27 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=10127  link] || [http://bitclockers.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BitcoinPool.com]] || USA                  ||    70 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[BitcoinPool.com]] || USA                  ||    70 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-03-08 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcoinpool.com/forum/ link]        || [http://www.bitcoinpool.com/ link]
| 2011-03-08 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcoinpool.com/forum/ link]        || [http://www.bitcoinpool.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Bitcoin Pooled Mining|Slush's pool (mining.bitcoin.cz)]]
| [[Bitcoin Pooled Mining|Slush's pool (mining.bitcoin.cz)]]
|                        France              ||  3600 || [[NMC]] || Score                  || shared          ||      ||      2% || [[stratum]]
|                        France              ||  3600 || [[NMC]] || Score                  || shared          ||      ||      2% ||         || {{Yes}} ||
| 2010-11-27 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1976  link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ link]
| 2010-11-27 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1976  link] || [http://mining.bitcoin.cz/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Bitcoins.lc]]    || EU                  ||    60 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[Bitcoins.lc]]    || EU                  ||    60 || No      || Prop.                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-05-27 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=10121  link] || [http://www.bitcoins.lc/ link]
| 2011-05-27 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=10121  link] || [http://www.bitcoins.lc/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Bitparking]]      || USA                  ||  130 || [[NMC]], I0C, IXC, [[Devcoin]]
| [[Bitparking]]      || USA                  ||  130 || [[NMC]], I0C, IXC, [[Devcoin]]
|                                                                    PPS                    || kept by pool    || 2.5% ||        || [[getwork]]
|                                                                    PPS                    || kept by pool    || 2.5% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-01-08 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=57148  link] || [http://mmpool.bitparking.com/pool link]
| 2012-01-08 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=57148  link] || [http://mmpool.bitparking.com/pool link]
|-
|-
| [[BitMinter]]      || Germany              ||  2000 || [[NMC]] || PPLNS                  || shared          ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]], [[getblocktemplate]], [[stratum]]
| [[BitMinter]]      || Germany              ||  2000 || [[NMC]] || PPLNS                  || shared          ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-26 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=27062  link] || [https://bitminter.com link]
| 2011-06-26 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=27062  link] || [https://bitminter.com link]
|-
|-
| [[BitPenny]]        || USA                  ||    4 || No      || CPPSRB                  || shared          ||  3% ||        || BlkPrep<ref name="local"/>
| [[BitPenny]]        || USA                  ||    4 || No      || CPPSRB                  || shared          ||  3% ||        || {{No}}<ref name="local"/> || {{No}} || {{No}}
| 2011-02-08 || Diff 8                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=36371  link] || [http://bitpenny.com/ link]
| 2011-02-08 || Diff 8                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=36371  link] || [http://bitpenny.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BTC Canada]]      || Canada              ||    2 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      ||    1.5% || [[getwork]]
| [[BTC Canada]]      || Canada              ||    2 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      ||    1.5% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-08-08 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=99741  link] || [https://btccan.com/ link]
| 2012-08-08 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=99741  link] || [https://btccan.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BTC Guild]]      || USA/Canada/Europe    || 20000 || [[NMC]] ([[getwork]] only)
| [[BTC Guild]]      || USA/Canada/Europe    || 20000 || [[NMC]] ([[getwork]] only)
|                                                                    PPS/PPLNS              || shared on PPLNS  ||  5% ||      3% || [[getwork]], [[stratum]]
|                                                                    PPS/PPLNS              || shared on PPLNS  ||  5% ||      3% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| 2011-05-09 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
| 2011-05-09 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=49417  link] || [https://www.btcguild.com/ link]
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=49417  link] || [https://www.btcguild.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BTC Oxygen]]      || Europe              ||    70 || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  2% ||        || [[getwork]], [[stratum]]
| [[BTC Oxygen]]      || Europe              ||    70 || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  2% ||        || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||
| 2012-11-01 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=127815 link] || [http://www.btcoxygen.com/ link]
| 2012-11-01 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=127815 link] || [http://www.btcoxygen.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BTCMine]]        || UK                  ||    65 || No      || Score                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[BTCMine]]        || UK                  ||    65 || No      || Score                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-03-11 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=4251  link] || [http://www.btcmine.com/ link]
| 2011-03-11 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=4251  link] || [http://www.btcmine.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[btcmp.com]]      || Germany              ||    60 || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  4% ||        || [[getwork]]
| [[btcmp.com]]      || Germany              ||    60 || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  4% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-06-28 || Diff 1                      ||                                            || [http://www.btcmp.com/ link]
| 2011-06-28 || Diff 1                      ||                                            || [http://www.btcmp.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[BTCWarp]]        || USA                  ||    50 || No      || Score                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[BTCWarp]]        || USA                  ||    50 || No      || Score                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-07-29 || Diff 1                      || [http://www.bitcoinbalkan.com/forum link]  || [http://www.btcwarp.com/ link]
| 2011-07-29 || Diff 1                      || [http://www.bitcoinbalkan.com/forum link]  || [http://www.btcwarp.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[CoinLab Protected Pool]] || USA          ||    ? || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    || 2-5% ||        || [[getwork]]
| [[CoinLab Protected Pool]] || USA          ||    ? || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    || 2-5% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-08-09 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=99643  link] ||
| 2012-08-09 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=99643  link] ||
|-
|-
| [[Coinotron]]      || Poland              ||    70 || No      || DGM                    || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[Coinotron]]      || Poland              ||    70 || No      || DGM                    || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-07-06 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=26727  link] || [http://www.coinotron.com link]
| 2011-07-06 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=26727  link] || [http://www.coinotron.com link]
|-
|-
| [[DeepBit]]        || Germany              ||  4200 || No      || PPS/Prop.              || kept by pool    ||  10% ||      3% || [[getwork]]
| [[DeepBit]]        || Germany              ||  4200 || No      || PPS/Prop.              || kept by pool    ||  10% ||      3% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-02-26 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3889  link] || [http://deepbit.net/ link]
| 2011-02-26 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3889  link] || [http://deepbit.net/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]]
| [[Eclipse Mining Consortium]]
|                  USA/Europe/Australia/Asia ||  1900 || No      || DGM/PPS                || kept by pool    ||  5% ||      0% || [[getwork]], [[getblocktemplate]]
|                  USA/Europe/Australia/Asia ||  1900 || No      || DGM/PPS                || kept by pool    ||  5% ||      0% || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-14 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
| 2011-06-14 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=16385  link] || [https://eclipsemc.com link]
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=16385  link] || [https://eclipsemc.com link]
|-
|-
| [[Eligius]]        || Germany              ||  5000 || No      || CPPSRB                  || kept by pool    ||  0% ||        || [[getblocktemplate]], [[stratum]], getmemorypool, [[getwork]]
| [[Eligius]]        || Germany              ||  5000 || No      || CPPSRB                  || kept by pool    ||  0% ||        || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-04-27 || Dynamic: 32 shares/m        || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=23768  link] || [http://eligius.st link]
| 2011-04-27 || Dynamic: 32 shares/m        || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=23768  link] || [http://eligius.st link]
|-
|-
| [[Horrible Horrendous TT]] || USA          ||    15 || No      || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || kept by pool    ||  1% ||        || [[getwork]]
| [[Horrible Horrendous TT]] || USA          ||    15 || No      || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || kept by pool    ||  1% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-08-29 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=95378  link] || [http://hhtt.1209k.com/ link]
| 2012-08-29 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=95378  link] || [http://hhtt.1209k.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Mining Team Reddit (MtRed)]]|| USA/Europe ||  650 || [[NMC]] || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || shared          ||  0% ||        || [[getwork]]
| [[Mining Team Reddit (MtRed)]]|| USA/Europe ||  650 || [[NMC]] || PPS<ref name="stales"/> || shared          ||  0% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-05-25 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=15929 1] [http://reddit.com/r/mtred/ 2] || [http://www.mtred.com/ link]
| 2011-05-25 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=15929 1] [http://reddit.com/r/mtred/ 2] || [http://www.mtred.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[MaxBTC]]          || USA                  ||  220 || [[NMC]] || DGM                    || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[MaxBTC]]          || USA                  ||  220 || [[NMC]] || DGM                    || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-03-15 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=68734  link] || [https://www.maxbtc.com/ link]
| 2012-03-15 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=68734  link] || [https://www.maxbtc.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[NMCBit]]          || USA                  ||    20 || [[NMC]] || PPS/Prop.              || kept by pool    || 6.6% ||      3% || [[getwork]]
| [[NMCBit]]          || USA                  ||    20 || [[NMC]] || PPS/Prop.              || kept by pool    || 6.6% ||      3% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-08-01 || Diff 1                      || [http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=268 link] || [http://www.nmcbit.com/ link]
| 2011-08-01 || Diff 1                      || [http://dot-bit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=268 link] || [http://www.nmcbit.com/ link]
|-
|-
| [[Ozco.in]]        || USA/Europe/Australia ||  5000 || [[NMC]] on DGM || DGM/PoT/PPS      || shared on DGM    ||  3% ||  1%/2% || [[stratum]], [[getwork]]
| [[Ozco.in]]        || USA/Europe/Australia ||  5000 || [[NMC]] on DGM || DGM/PoT/PPS      || shared on DGM    ||  3% ||  1%/2% || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| 2011-06-07 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
| 2011-06-07 || User<ref name="changeable"/>/Dynamic
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=14085  link] || [https://www.ozcoin.net link]
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=14085  link] || [https://www.ozcoin.net link]
|-
|-
| [[P2Pool]]          || Earth (P2P)          ||  300 || Solo<ref name="solomm"/> || PPLNS  || shared          ||      ||      0% || Proprietary<ref name="local"/>
| [[P2Pool]]          || Earth (P2P)          ||  300 || Solo<ref name="solomm"/> || PPLNS  || shared          ||      ||      0% || {{No}}<ref name="local"/> || {{No}}<ref name="local"/> || {{No}}
| 2011-06-17 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=18313  link] ||
| 2011-06-17 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=18313  link] ||
|-
|-
| [[pool.itzod.ru]]  || Russia              ||  450 || No      || RSMPPS                  || shared          ||  0% ||        || [[getwork]], [[getblocktemplate]], [[stratum]]
| [[pool.itzod.ru]]  || Russia              ||  450 || No      || RSMPPS                  || shared          ||  0% ||        || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-08-01 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=25127 RU] [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44024.0 EN] || [https://pool.itzod.ru/ link]
| 2011-08-01 || User<ref name="changeable"/> || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=25127 RU] [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44024.0 EN] || [https://pool.itzod.ru/ link]
|-
|-
| [[PolMine]]        || Poland              ||  160 || No      || SMPPS                  || shared          ||  1% ||        || [[getwork]], [[getblocktemplate]]
| [[PolMine]]        || Poland              ||  160 || No      || SMPPS                  || shared          ||  1% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-13 || Diff 1                      || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ link]            || [https://polmine.pl/?setlang=en link]
| 2011-06-13 || Diff 1                      || [http://forum.polmine.pl/ link]            || [https://polmine.pl/?setlang=en link]
|-
|-
| [[Triplemining]]    || Europe              ||  100 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      || 0%<ref name="jackpot"/> || [[getwork]], [[getblocktemplate]], [[stratum]]
| [[Triplemining]]    || Europe              ||  100 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      || 0%<ref name="jackpot"/> || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| 2011-06-28 || Diff 1 for getwork/GBT, dynamic for stratum
| 2011-06-28 || Diff 1 for getwork/GBT, dynamic for stratum
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=23664  link] || [https://www.triplemining.com link]
|                                              [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=23664  link] || [https://www.triplemining.com link]
|-
|-
| [[pool.mkalinin.ru]] || Russia              ||    27 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[pool.mkalinin.ru]] || Russia              ||    27 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2011-07-20 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=30703  link] || [http://pool.mkalinin.ru/ link]
| 2011-07-20 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=30703  link] || [http://pool.mkalinin.ru/ link]
|-
|-
| [[btc.p2pcoins.net]] || Russia              ||  100 || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  3% ||        || [[getwork]], [[getblocktemplate]]
| [[btc.p2pcoins.net]] || Russia              ||  100 || No      || PPS                    || kept by pool    ||  3% ||        || {{Yes}} ||        || {{Yes}}
| 2012-12-20 || Diff 2                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=133247 link] || [http://btc.p2pcoins.net/ link]
| 2012-12-20 || Diff 2                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=133247 link] || [http://btc.p2pcoins.net/ link]
|-
|-
| [[alvarez.sfek.kz]]  || Kazakhstan          ||    4 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || [[getwork]]
| [[alvarez.sfek.kz]]  || Kazakhstan          ||    4 || No      || PPLNS                  || kept by pool    ||      ||      0% || {{Yes}} ||        ||
| 2012-04-19 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=80135  link] || [http://alvarez.sfek.kz/ link]
| 2012-04-19 || Diff 1                      || [http://bitcointalk.org/?topic=80135  link] || [http://alvarez.sfek.kz/ link]
|}
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<ref name="stales">Pool also rewards stale shares</ref>
<ref name="stales">Pool also rewards stale shares</ref>
<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref>
<ref name="donations">Donations are possible</ref>
<ref name="local">Miner-local getwork proxy available.</ref>
<ref name="local">Miner-operated proxy available.</ref>
<ref name="changeable">The difficulty of the shares can be changed by the user.</ref>
<ref name="changeable">The difficulty of the shares can be changed by the user.</ref>
<ref name="solomm">Merged mining can be done on a "solo mining" basis (payouts in the merged chain are not pooled).</ref>
<ref name="solomm">Merged mining can be done on a "solo mining" basis (payouts in the merged chain are not pooled).</ref>

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Reward types & explanation:

  • DGM - Double Geometric Method. A hybrid between PPLNS and Geometric reward types that enables to operator to absorb some of the variance risk. Operator receives portion of payout on short rounds and returns it on longer rounds to normalize payments. [1]
  • Prop. - Proportional. When block is found, the reward is distributed among all workers proportionally to how much shares each of them has found.
  • PPLNS - Pay Per Last N Shasres. Similar to proportional, but instead of looking at the number of shares in the round, instead looks at the last N shares, regardless of round boundaries.
  • PPS - Pay Per Share. Each submitted share is worth certain amount of BC. Since finding a block requires <current difficulty> shares on average, a PPS method with 0% fee would be 25 BTC divided by <current difficulty>. It is risky for pool operators, hence the fee is highest.
  • SMPPS - Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like Pay Per Share, but never pays more than the pool earns. [2]
  • ESMPPS - Equalized Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but equalizes payments fairly among all those who are owed. [3]
  • RSMPPS - Recent Shared Maximum Pay Per Share. Like SMPPS, but system aims to prioritize the most recent miners first. [4]
  • CPPSRB - Capped Pay Per Share with Recent Backpay. [5]
  • POT - Pay On Target. A high variance PPS variant that pays on the difficulty of work retuened to pool rather than the difficulty of work served by pool [6]
  • Score - Score based system: a proportional reward, but weighed by time submitted. Each submitted share is worth more in the function of time t since start of current round. For each share score is updated by: score += exp(t/C). This makes later shares worth much more than earlier shares, thus the miner's score quickly diminishes when they stop mining on the pool. Rewards are calculated proportionally to scores (and not to shares). (at slush's pool C=300 seconds, and every hour scores are normalized)

Visual examples of the various payout methods

Name Location GH/s[1] Merged Mining[2] Reward Type Transaction fees PPS Fee Other Fee GWork Strtm GBT Launched Variance Forum Website
50BTC Germany/USA/Russia 8000 No PPS[3] kept by pool 3% Yes Yes 2011-11-11 User[4] link link
ABCPool.co USA 600 No PPS[3] kept by pool 5% Yes No No 2011-08-02 Diff 1 link link
BitArena Romania 1 No Prop. kept by pool 0% Yes 2012-09-22 Diff 1 link link
Bitcash.cz Czech Republic 5 No Prop. kept by pool 0% Yes 2012-09-14 Diff 1 link link
BitClockers USA/Europe 250 NMC PPS kept by pool 8% Yes 2011-05-27 Diff 1 link link
BitcoinPool.com USA 70 No Prop. kept by pool 0% Yes 2011-03-08 Diff 1 link link
Slush's pool (mining.bitcoin.cz) France 3600 NMC Score shared 2% Yes 2010-11-27 User[4] link link
Bitcoins.lc EU 60 No Prop. kept by pool 0% Yes 2011-05-27 Diff 1 link link
Bitparking USA 130 NMC, I0C, IXC, Devcoin PPS kept by pool 2.5% Yes 2012-01-08 User[4] link link
BitMinter Germany 2000 NMC PPLNS shared 0% Yes Yes Yes 2011-06-26 Diff 1 link link
BitPenny USA 4 No CPPSRB shared 3% No[5] No No 2011-02-08 Diff 8 link link
BTC Canada Canada 2 No PPLNS kept by pool 1.5% Yes 2012-08-08 Diff 1 link link
BTC Guild USA/Canada/Europe 20000 NMC (getwork only) PPS/PPLNS shared on PPLNS 5% 3% Yes Yes No 2011-05-09 User[4]/Dynamic link link
BTC Oxygen Europe 70 No PPS kept by pool 2% Yes Yes 2012-11-01 Diff 1 link link
BTCMine UK 65 No Score kept by pool 0% Yes 2011-03-11 Diff 1 link link
btcmp.com Germany 60 No PPS kept by pool 4% Yes 2011-06-28 Diff 1 link
BTCWarp USA 50 No Score kept by pool 0% Yes 2011-07-29 Diff 1 link link
CoinLab Protected Pool USA ? No PPS kept by pool 2-5% Yes 2012-08-09 Diff 1 link
Coinotron Poland 70 No DGM kept by pool 0% Yes 2011-07-06 Diff 1 link link
DeepBit Germany 4200 No PPS/Prop. kept by pool 10% 3% Yes 2011-02-26 Diff 1 link link
Eclipse Mining Consortium USA/Europe/Australia/Asia 1900 No DGM/PPS kept by pool 5% 0% Yes Yes Yes 2011-06-14 User[4]/Dynamic link link
Eligius Germany 5000 No CPPSRB kept by pool 0% Yes Yes Yes 2011-04-27 Dynamic: 32 shares/m link link
Horrible Horrendous TT USA 15 No PPS[3] kept by pool 1% Yes 2012-08-29 User[4] link link
Mining Team Reddit (MtRed) USA/Europe 650 NMC PPS[3] shared 0% Yes 2011-05-25 Diff 1 1 2 link
MaxBTC USA 220 NMC DGM kept by pool 0% Yes 2012-03-15 Diff 1 link link
NMCBit USA 20 NMC PPS/Prop. kept by pool 6.6% 3% Yes 2011-08-01 Diff 1 link link
Ozco.in USA/Europe/Australia 5000 NMC on DGM DGM/PoT/PPS shared on DGM 3% 1%/2% No Yes No 2011-06-07 User[4]/Dynamic link link
P2Pool Earth (P2P) 300 Solo[6] PPLNS shared 0% No[5] No[5] No 2011-06-17 User[4] link
pool.itzod.ru Russia 450 No RSMPPS shared 0% Yes Yes Yes 2011-08-01 User[4] RU EN link
PolMine Poland 160 No SMPPS shared 1% Yes Yes 2011-06-13 Diff 1 link link
Triplemining Europe 100 No PPLNS kept by pool 0%[7] Yes Yes Yes 2011-06-28 Diff 1 for getwork/GBT, dynamic for stratum link link
pool.mkalinin.ru Russia 27 No PPLNS kept by pool 0% Yes 2011-07-20 Diff 1 link link
btc.p2pcoins.net Russia 100 No PPS kept by pool 3% Yes Yes 2012-12-20 Diff 2 link link
alvarez.sfek.kz Kazakhstan 4 No PPLNS kept by pool 0% Yes 2012-04-19 Diff 1 link link
  1. ↑ Note that pool hashrate is largely irrelevant but can be seen as a popularity measurement. Note however that it is a theoretical security issue if one pool gains above 50% of the total computational power of the network, thus consider joining a pool based on other metrics.
  2. ↑ Merged mining allows miners to mine on multiple block chains at the same time with the same hashing.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pool also rewards stale shares
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 The difficulty of the shares can be changed by the user.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Miner-operated proxy available.
  6. ↑ Merged mining can be done on a "solo mining" basis (payouts in the merged chain are not pooled).
  7. ↑ Triplemining keeps 1% to redistribute using a weekly jackpot and affiliations

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See also

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